Hi Everybody,
I don't know if anybody can help, but i was wondering if anybody has copies of the above parish records and could look to see if any of the following Mead's may appear in them. It is a bit of a longshot, as i know that they were in Writtle from about 1767'ish but we can't find any baptisms for any of them so suspect they came from outside the parish. Great Waltham and High Easter are my first choices, as we have found some of the individuals named on mortgage/lease records for some property and some references to these places.
The individuals in question are :
Isaac Mead. I know he married a lady called Lydia, but don't know were or when. They had 11 children, the first be baptized in Writtle in 1767 with the others following. Isaac Died in writtle in 1807, but no idea what age. Lydia died in 1813 at the aged of 77, so was born in about 1736. Lydia is the one who is mentioned in most of the records i found on the seax site.
Joseph Mead. He was a brother of Isaac who was mentioned in his will. I suspect this is the same Joseph mentioned on the Mortgage records as Lydia (Isaac's wife) who is a farmer in High Easter.
Benedicta Mead. She married a Joseph Woolmor, in Writtle in 1764. He is often mentoned on the same Seax records as Isaac as being from High Ongar. I strongly suspect that Benedicta is therefore a sister of Isaac, but have nothing to confirm this.
Mary Mead. She married a John Lucking in 1760 in Writtle. A J.Lucking was a witness to Benedicta's Marriage to Joseph, so i suspect she was Mary's sister. A Thomas Lucking & William Lucking are also mentioned on the records a Lydia for the mortgage, so i strongly suspect a family link between the luckings and Isaac & Lydia.
Finally, the Great Waltham connection is that i have found a record that implies the properties that Isaac and the other's had the mortgages/leases on came from an Ann & George Stock, who are from Great Waltham. I therefore think that they must have had some link to Great Waltham as it is a reasonable distance from Writtle, to obtain the properties.
Sorry it is so long winded.
Richard